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Onion cutter device with specialist cutting blades for various vegetable and fruit finishes

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-07-07
PATEL PRIYESH HARSHAD
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Benefits of technology

The present invention is a fast and safe onion dicer+slicer cutter that requires no peeling. The device has a gap between the bottom and any blade tools, allowing the outer scaly leaf to be easily removed from the blades. The hand press top cover is hinged for increased pressure applied to cut vegetables. The device is easily accessible and designed for both slicing and dicing, stopping tearing of the eyes and reducing overall time taken to chop onions while making it safer and reducing cuts on users' fingers. The blades are designed with rounded / curved rather than straight for better handling.

Problems solved by technology

Onion dicing and slicing takes a long time in the kitchen, an individual has to peel back the scaly outer leaves and then chop up the onion into small diced squares or long slices depending on use.
Individuals cutting onions are at risk of cuts from sharp knives whilst chopping onions and irritation of eye causing tearing during the cutting process.
Also majority of devices use a flat blade where as our device uses curved semicircular blades, with a total of 105 blades per unit with 2 round blade shapes and are expensive to produce due to the process involved in creating these rounded sharpened metal blades.

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[0035]Referring to FIG. 1 3D slanted view with rounded blades housed in this compartment blades are stackable on each other for easy storage, there is a collection container inverted at the top for storing the diced or sliced onions as shown by the Onion Collection / Storage container 3.

[0036]The device is easy to clean, easy to store, BPA free, microwavable, dishwasher friendly, freezer safe, made of food grade plastic, the blades are all made of stainless steel or similar material, sharpened for quick and easy cutting. The device is opened by lifting the top cover upwards to create a V shape device on a hinge. The required blade is fixed into the top portion of part 2 from underneath, which houses the container 3 on the top. When using the rounded semi-circular blades, the onion is dropped into the round semi-circular slot of the bottom portion of 1, with the scaly leaf down towards the work surface. The top half part 2 containing the blade is closed on top of the bottom half contai...

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Abstract

Onion and similar vegetable dicer slicer device that requires no peeling before use and achieves this task within 5-10 seconds. Specially designed hand press cover and rounded blades that help dice / slice the onion juicy leaves but not the dry outer scaly leaf. The easy lever forces the blades to cut the onion through to a clever inverted collection container to store the chopped product before you add to your dish. The device reduces irritation of the eyes and hence reducing tearing, stops wastage of onions and improves safety by preventing cuts on fingers of users from sharp knives. Chopping onions is quick, safe and pain free without the need to peel them. A choice of stackable blades provided in a separate tube for slicing any vegetable to the size and shape you want. Slice, dice, peel, chop, cut, wave cut or grate to a variety of sizes or thickness. Comes with a spiral cutting blade tool and an apple coring blade which cuts fruits into eighths whilst removing inner core stem. Top handle cover where blades of choice are fitted is used top side for flat blade and round blade cutting, and the underside for the disc blades with the cover turned upside down to reveal a new base for grating, slicing and more.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]Not Applicable.STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002]Not Applicable.REFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING, A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING COMPACT DISC APPENDIX[0003]Not Applicable.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0004]1. Field of the Invention[0005]The present disclosure relates to kitchen vegetable cutting tools, more particularly the present disclosure relates to a device designed to slice or dice onions without the need to peel back the scaly dry outer leaf. The device also enables a whole array of vegetable and fruit manipulation using its wide array of swappable blades with a multifunctional hand press cover that enables use both top side and underside.[0006]2. Description of the Related Art[0007]Onion dicing and slicing takes a long time in the kitchen, an individual has to peel back the scaly outer leaves and then chop up the onion into small diced squares or long slices depending on use. Individuals cutti...

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IPC IPC(8): B26D3/26A23N15/08A47J42/40A47J43/25B26D3/11A47J25/00B26D3/28
CPCB26D3/26A47J25/00A23N15/08A47J42/40A47J43/25B26D3/11B26D3/283B26D3/185B26D2007/0018
Inventor PATEL, PRIYESH HARSHAD
Owner PATEL PRIYESH HARSHAD
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